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shall pay his entrance fee. If he desires to receive the published transactions of the 
Society for the meeting at which he is elected, he shall pay ten dollars in addition to 
the entrance fee. 
5. Members and Associates can compound for all future dues and become Life 
Members or Life Associates by making a single payment of three hundred dollars and 
signing an agreement to conform to any future amendments to the Constitution and 
By-Laws. 
6. Members are entitled to no return of fees upon severing their connection with the 
Society. 
7. Any member whose dues are more than three months in arrears shall be notified 
by the Secretary: Should his dues become six months in arrears he shall be again notified 
by the Secretary and his rights as a member suspended. Should his dues become one 
year in arrears the delinquent member shall forfeit his membership in the Society unless 
the Council may deem it expedient to extend the time of payment. 
8. The Council may, in its discretion, temporarily suspend the annual payment of 
dues by any member whose circumstances have become such as to make such payment 
impossible, and may, under similar circumstances, remit the whole or part of dues in 
arrears. 
9. No name shall be entered on the rolls as Member, Associate or Junior, nor shall 
the privileges of membership beenjoyed until the payments required in paragraphs 1 to 4 of 
this article have been made; if the payment be delayed for more than six months from the 
date of election, the same shall be void unless the Council otherwise direct. 
to. (1) Should the expulsion of any member be judged expedient by five or more 
members, they must draw up and sign a proposal requesting such expulsion, delivering 
the same to the Secretary, to be laid before the Council. 
(2) If the Council do not find reason to concur in the proposal, no entry thereof 
shall appear in the minutes, nor shall any public discussion thereon be permitted. 
(3) If, however, the Council find the charges contained in the proposal for expulsion 
substantiated, the accused member shall be notified and given an opportunity to resign. 
If he avails himself of this privilege, no entry shall be made on the minutes nor public 
discussion of the case be permitted. But if he declines to resign and offers no satisfactory 
explanation of the charge, the whole case shall be submitted to a special meeting of the 
Society. 
(4) If two-thirds of the members at this special meeting (providing there be not less 
than twenty present) vote for expulsion, the Chairman of the meeting shall cause the 
accused to be expelled from the Society and direct the Secretary to notify the accused 
of this action. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Officers. 
1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Past Presidents, Honorary 
Vice-Presidents, twelve Vice-Presidents, twenty-four Members of Council, and a Secre- 
tary and Treasurer. © 
2. Both Members and Associates are eligible for the offices of President, Honorary 
Vice-President, Vice-President and Member of Council, but three-fourths of the Council 
shall be Members. 
